President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his sadness about the violent deaths of renowned medical doctor, author, and Black consciousness intellectual Dr. Gomolemo Mokae and social activist Pamela Mabini this week.

Dr Mokae was found murdered at his home in Ga-Rankuwa, Pretoria, on Wednesday, while Mabini was gunned down outside her home in Gqeberha on Friday.

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Ramaphosa has offered his condolences to the affected families.

Presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya says, “Dr. Mokae, who had spent many years caring for patients in Ga-Rankuwa, was experiencing health problems of his own when he was shot in his bed. Pam Mabini stood up for women who experienced gender-based violence and made it her mission to ensure the police and our courts brought perpetrators to justice. Their deaths and those of all victims of violence must move communities to work together more closely as citizens and in partnership with the police to prevent violence and to identify perpetrators in instances where attacks result.”

Dr Gomolemo Mokae passes on at age 61: